string <- 'ABC (2013c), Something Something Text (Volume II): Some more blabla, the usual, end of string'
rx <- paste0("\\b(?:[Vv]ol(?:ume)?|Issue|No|Nr|nr|no|Number)\\s*(?:\\d+|V?I{0,3}X?L?C{0,3}D?M?)")
library(stringr)
str_extract_all(string, rx)
c3RyaW5nIDwtICdBQkMgICgyMDEzYyksIFNvbWV0aGluZyBTb21ldGhpbmcgVGV4dCAoVm9sdW1lIElJKTogU29tZSBtb3JlIGJsYWJsYSwgdGhlIHVzdWFsLCBlbmQgb2Ygc3RyaW5nJwoKcnggPC0gcGFzdGUwKCJcXGIoPzpbVnZdb2woPzp1bWUpP3xJc3N1ZXxOb3xOcnxucnxub3xOdW1iZXIpXFxzKig/OlxcZCt8Vj9JezAsM31YP0w/Q3swLDN9RD9NPykiKQpsaWJyYXJ5KHN0cmluZ3IpCnN0cl9leHRyYWN0X2FsbChzdHJpbmcsIHJ4KQ==